A number of retailers will wave goodbye to the High Street in July, and are shutting up shop for good.
This month’s closures come as UK businesses continue to faced increased costs alongside a decline in footfall over the past year.
Changes in this year's budget, including an increase in employer National Insurance contributions and energy and rent costs, have all contributed to businesses having to make some tough decisions.
Here is a full list of the stores we reset to wave goodbye to in the coming weeks.
Iceland
The budget supermarket chain offers hordes of deals on frozen items, but these will not be available to shoppers in Inverness soon.
Bosses have decided to close its store on Rose Street in Inverness on July 12.
This means there will no longer be any Iceland stores in the Scottish city, with the closest located in Aberdeen, and comes just weeks after bosses decided to close its Margate branch.
The retailer has not yet confirmed the reason for the sudden closure but it has been completing a broader reshuffle of its operations in recent months.
Poundland
Poundland will close its location in Deepdale Retail Park in Preston on July 5 and then another store in Newquay on July 30.
Gordon Brothers, the ex-owner of Laura Ashley, purchased the business from Polish owner Pepco Group for £1 after a downturn in trading and have made a decision to close 68 stores and negotiate lower rents on the others still standing.
They have also asked courts for permission to close 68 more stores in the future.
Before the sale went through, Poundland had already planned to close 18 stores, with the July shutdowns among the last to be confirmed.
New Look
The famous high street fashion retailer is set to close another location at the beginning of July.
Hamilton, Scotland will close for good and is one of nearly 100 stores set to shut up shop for good in the coming months.
A New Look spokesperson said: “Our store in Hamilton is set close on July 1. We would like to thank all of our colleagues and the local community for their support over the years.
"We hope customers continue to shop with us online at newlook.com, where our full product ranges can be found.”
Santander
Not a shop, but Santander is set to close 38 branches within the coming weeks after bosses announced certain locations were struggling due to the increase in online banking.
A statement on the Santander website reads: "We last did a major review of our branches in 2021.
"Since then, many of our customers are choosing to use Mobile, Online and Telephone Banking more, and branches less."
The Santander locations set to close in July are:
- Armagh, July 1
- Bognor Regis, July 14
- Borehamwood, July 1
- Caernarfon, July 7
- Camborne, July 7
- Colne, July 14
- Colwyn Bay, July 24
- Crowborough, July 23
- Cumbernauld, July 7
- Didsbury, July 8
- Exmouth, July 15
- Falmouth, July 21
- Farnham, July 29
- Felixstowe, July 16
- Hackney, July 15
- Hawick, July 24
- Herne Bay, July 8
- Hertford, July 29
- Holloway, July 14
- Honiton, July 14
- Kirkby, July 22
- Malvern, July 2
- Market Harborough, July 1
- New Milton, July 28
- Pudsey, July 28
- Rawtenstall, July 15
- Ross-On-Wye, July 30
- Ruislip, July 7
- Saltcoats, July 21
- Seaford, July 14
- Shaftesbury, July 23
- St Austell, July 8
- St Neots, July 30
- Stokesley, July 31
- Strabane, July 23
- Tenterden, July 7
- Tottenham, July 8
- Wishaw, July 22
The Original Factory Shop
The discount high street chain sells all sorts but will close its doors for good in Staveley, Cumbria on July 12.
The chain has struggled in recent years and shut nine of its shops in June.
Private equity firm Modella bought The Original Factory Shop in February and has since launched a restructuring effort with the Cumbria branch the latest victim to cuts.
